Little Seeds of Inspiration

As I was preparing for a group of artist friends, that are going to Italy with me this June, to come over and paint in the gallery, I pulled up some of the photos of past trips to San Giovanni De’Asso.

There were literally hundreds of photos from the last workshop I taught at Villa La Consuma, located in San Giovanni De'Asso. Now (years later) I saw these memories through fresh eyes, and I found the inspiration for these studio paintings.

When I went into the studio to work on a huge 48 x 60 inch canvas that I had primed with an abstract underpainting weeks and weeks ago – that little seed of inspiration from my photo journey of past adventures came to me and said “Paint me”.

I’m a big fan of using inspiration when it comes to me and I’m a believer that if you don’t use the inspiration... Read the full story here

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